Hospice RN Case Manager

Optimal Care - Evergreen•Bingham Farms, MI

5h•Onsite

About The Position

Optimal Care is growing and proactively building its talent pipeline for future opportunities. While this role may not be immediately available, candidates are invited to submit their resumes. Optimal Care is a clinician owned and operated company dedicated to fostering employee potential while maintaining a personalized focus on Patients and Families. They are the Midwest's premier provider of Physician Services, Home Health, and Hospice Care, utilizing an integrated care delivery model that incorporates technology, innovation, and best practices to produce value-based outcomes in managing chronic disease processes, rehabilitation, and end-of-life care. The company's mission is to Serve Together, Provide Value, and Deliver Exceptional Quality Care. The Hospice RN Case Manager is a trained professional nurse who administers skilled nursing care to terminally ill patients and their families who meet hospice admission criteria, either in a home or facility setting. This role may involve performing admission, routine, respite, or continuous care visits and assessing patients according to regulatory requirements for hospice. The Case Manager is responsible for the overall coordination of care for their patient caseload, achieved through regular patient visits, consistent communication with the Interdisciplinary Team and Hospice Medical Director, and identifying and addressing patient, family, and caregiver needs in line with physician orders and the IDG plan of care. The position requires strong rapport-building and effective communication skills with patients, families, physicians, facilities, and other IDG team members.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited Diploma, Associate or Baccalaureate School of Nursing
Current State License as a Registered Nurse
Minimum 1 year of experience as a nurse in a clinical care setting
Nursing skills as defined by accepted nursing standards
Demonstrates ability to assess and respond to the needs of patients, families, and caregivers in varied settings and to function effectively in the home or nursing facility environment
Demonstrates skill in nursing practice, ability to cope with ill, disabled, terminal patients, family emotional stress, and tolerance of individual lifestyles
Demonstrates ability to handle multiple priorities, documentation requirements, and deadlines.
Reliable transportation and valid automobile insurance coverage

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred
Hospice or home health experience preferred

Responsibilities

Completing initial evaluation and re-evaluating the patient’s nursing needs during each visit.
Assuming primary responsibility for caseload, including assessing, planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating the patient plan of care.
Completes assessments specific to the provision of Hospice care, including but not limited to identification of home safety risks, appropriateness of home environment to the delivery of care, availability and capacity of support systems and community resources.
Provide appropriate support at the time of death and perform bereavement assessment if requested.
Provide positive, supportive communication to physicians, patients, families, facilities, visitors, and other organization personnel.